Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-06

in, etc, making an independent community:
and last, but not least, is the schoolhouse,
where the children are sent to school. /
asked one of the proprietors Of one of those
mills, "where do you send all this TIMBER"
ITO all parts of the west where they are
building anything-Omaha, Denver, Kansas
City; into Iowa, Nebraska, Idaho, Every
where. We get orders every day from some
part of the country for timber, in all its diff
ferent forms and shapes.' suppose you
are not able to fill the order when wanted"'
"We send the order to the next mill; we
work for each other; they will fill it for us.''
"And what do you do with the waste timber,
such as is not fit for the SAW" "Mahe il in
to charcoal, cord-wood; all the slabs at the
mill are sawed up into stove wood, anGlOad
ed on the cars, and sent to fill orders. So,
you see, there is nothing lost; even the saw
dust is either burned to make steam, or sent
to fill ice houses" "And how long will it
take for those young pines to grow large
enough to saw" about thirty years.
Those little pines you see will be large
enough to saw by the time these little boys
here are large enough to own and run mill.
These pines will be ready for them"
| AS passed along noticed those old farms
that were settled way back in early times
and had only log cabins and log stables.
| Now all those old cabins have given place
| to nice cottages and handsome residences,
with nice coats of paints, with neat yards in
front, filed with flowers and shrubery, and
all the modern improvements. l remember
| was one OF the commissioners to assess the
damages in the lower part of the county, ana
/ remember those landowners whose land
the railroad passed through thought they
ought to have heavy damages for right Of
way oyer their land; and now they would
not like to have the railroad removed from
them. The timber and land that were worth
nothing before the railroad came, are the
most valuable part of their possessions. The
timber has paid them more than their farms
were worth before. | also noticed, as we
: stopped at the different stations. people gel
on and off the cars who We're dressed III al
the modern styles of dress, and heads adOrn
ed with birds and all the other fanciable
trimmings. | also noticed at the towns along
the railroad which have grown up since il
was built, have nice schoolhouses and hand
some churches, and / was told those church
es were well filed with worshipers every
Sabbath-when there was preaching. 1t all
, seemed so strange to me, to see such change:
as have taken place in all this county in the
last few wears. When the Iron Mountain
and Pilot Knob first started work, those
f companies wanted us to furnish their hands
with fresh meat. We went drumming fol
beef cattle all up and down the Mackenzie
, Logan, Current and Black Rivers, for our:
or tod ~
Southeast Missouri. The country then wa:
. nothing hut vast wilderness, with small
: farms miles apart. 30 pHe had even though
of such thing as railroad running through
such wilderness; "and if it did come, wha
e good would it do us? We have nothing tt
a sell, and we don't want to have anything, fol
t we make all of our own clothes, raise all oul
$ meat and bread. More deer In the wool
I than cattle; more turkeys than chickens
q what more do we want?" And when
reached old Mackenzie Creek, at the ole
Daniel place, slept on the platform of thu
' depot. Why this amt the old Daniels place
: For saw a large town, with large hotels
# with large signs out, large handsome stores
z with all the rich and fancy fabrics, before thu
D large shay windows, and images standing
u Oh the siucNuthes Sith ~! - Va c'o'hih,
..marked down from $40 to $0.N AND Va,
, down the street saw the sign Leader, ant
suah sight of large stores with their ga.
signs ou,, with "McSpaden, " Brown 4
D Co. ,""Lopez;" "Lindsay," with the grea
u tin axe hanging overhead. And here on th
d ! corner was "Si." Vaughn. | stood and rub
o bed my eyes and looked again. Why thi
: atnt the old Daniel place. There were NJ
stores or town at Old Man Daniels, | mus
be asleep. Have ] been asleep, like "Olt
Rip Van Winkle:" ! looked for my old do:
and gun, but they were not there. rubbed
e nv eyes again. l saw lots Of folks going ant
1 coming: some were handsome ladies dressed
e in beautiful costumes, pretty girls in holi
day attire; beautiful little children lookin!
: ike FAIRIES, At last l looked across tn
q street. l saw ray old friends, Wash Creath
i Frazier, DIR. Mcfarland All, HOW / knoR
4 where am. Why, this is Piedmont! DIR
q Mcfarland took me in town and soon set M
! Alright, Well, we'll. had thought to hav'
seen the old Daniel farm, and here was
: full Pledged city. What q change! and how
;, has all this changet5een maderin these fep
O wears? Has some genius, with his magi
y wand, called ali those Improvements int
t existence? And as l walked the streets ant
= met old friends and took them by the hand
J, and looked in their faces, 1 saw that Ole
], Time had waited for no man; for | saw the
marks of his stamp on each familiar face
a Aud such is life. L. L. Ii.
J A Christmas Box.
= For the IRON COUNTY REGISTER.